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Barrow, Thomas F.
American (1938-)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: From the series "Cancellations" - Untitled
SERIES TITLE: "Cancellations", 1974-1977

1976
toned gelatin silver print
23.2 x 34.0 cm.
Gift of the photographer
78:0950:0002

INSCRIPTION: recto-(in ink) "f/t/s Cancellations/ /1976" "(P. 1977)" (signed) "thomas f. barrow [sic]"

copyright, Thomas F. Barrow

NOTES: Catalogued 1/96, DZ. "With their patent corruption of the straight photograph the Cancellations investigate the issue of the original and the reproduction. Because of the accuracy and verisi,ilitude of the photographic image, it is frequently equated with the subject. By alterning the print Barrow distinguishes it as a reproduction, calling into question the distinction between the thing and an image of it, between reality and illusion. Here Barrow reminds us that we are looking at a fascimile of reality." --Inventories and Transformations; The Photographs of Thomas Barrow--, p. 112, 1987.

SUBJECTS:
study, power lines
landscape, trees

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